In the winter of
1942, the German Sixth Army faced a small problem entitled "perhaps
invading Russia in late summer was a poor idea." After seizing 90
percent of the city of Stalingrad (which Hitler wanted mostly because it
was named after Stalin, with whom Hitler was NOT THRILLED), the German
army was completely surrounded by Russian troops and lacked basic
supplies and ammunition.

Hitler had a decision to make:
either Von Paulus' troops could attempt to break out of the
encirclement, or they could be left to hold out - and maintain control
of the city - until relief could arrive. While making this decision,
Hitler was with Hermann Goering, head of the German Air Force and noted
weirdo. And Goering had an idea, which was a bad one: supply the Sixth Army through the air with an "air bridge."

This was an outstandingly bad
idea that required the German Air Force (already stretched to capacity)
to fly over Soviet troops and drop supplies. This would have been a bad
idea, even if they had been dropping supplies and not, say, condoms. Or pepper. Or summer clothing. Or wine.
It was a bad idea, everyone knew it was a bad idea, and yet the one
person in charge - one Adolf Hitler - was like, "well, sure" because
Adolf Hitler was, in many respects, a doofus.

And, yes, thankfully Hitler was a doofus who was, in terms of tactical and strategic thinking, right only accidentally.Well worth a read, if one is a history and college football fan. One slight dissent: I think Hoke could work his way back up to a Power 5 conference job. The tragedy of this good man was that his dream job was far too big for him.